Gasolene-lamp.



I. OWENS. GASOLENE LAMP. APPLICATION FILED FEB. z, 1917.

Patented Aug. 28,1917.

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GASOLENE LAMP. APPLICATION FILED FEB-7,19)?- Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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2 SHEETS A TTOR/IIE Y8 WITNESSES Specification of Letters Patent.

JOHN OWENS, 0F KINGSTON; IOWA.

thsottaemivie Patented Aug. 28 1917.

Ap licat on mea February 7, i917. I 1 serial no. 147,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OWENS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kingston; in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gasolene-Lamps; of which the following is a specification;

My present invention relates generally to gasblene lamps, and more particularlyto a certain construction thereof adjacent the burner, and utilized in connection with either gravity feed or force feed gasolene lighting systems.

The primary object of my present improvements is to p'rox' ide a gasolene lamp in cluding operating parts of the utmost simplicity, the construction and use of which enables the production or an inexpensive lamp of this type, both as to" first cost and upkee the several parts comprising my improvements as hereinafter specified being such as to not only permit of ready and inexpensive insulation of the lamp in thefirst instance, but detachment; repair, or substitution of any one or moreof such parts in a ready, quick, and inexpensive manner, without the necessity of skilled labor, or the use of special tools and implements" for this pur ose. p As is well known, the successful gasolene lailnps now in use are of complicated, eX pen'si'v'e construction, such that, when the parts thereof become worn, broken, or disarranged, it is generally necessary for the user to purchase an entirely new lamp", the ex enseof repair by skilled mechanics such as required thesecases; being so great as to be somewhat in the nature of false ecoiroinfy; V I a With my present improvements, however, a gasolen'e lamp may be produced including m'inimuin' number of pa'rtsyafl of which are of simple construction, free from complication and of inex ensive nature, which ma be readily removed for repair and sub stitution; and which will-permit the owner, without especial skill, to substituteorre'pair arts; p

In the accompanying drawings illustrat ing' my present-improvements:

Figure 1 isan elevation, partly broken away and in section; of a hanging type of lamp embodying" myini ovements V Fig? 2 is an enlarged vertical section through-- certain partethereof; t

Fig: 3 is a detail horizontal fsection taken substantially on line 3+3 ofFig. 2;

Fig.4 is an elevatioli showing my improvements as applied to a bra ket type of lamp, aiid illustrating a slightly modified Fig. 5' is an enlarged View of a portion of Fig.- 4, partly broken away and in section;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, illustrating another slight modification, and

Fig. 7 is a detail horizontal-section taken substantially on line 7-7 of Fig. 5'.

Refen-ingimw to these figures; and particularly to Figs; 1 to 3 inclusive, I have shown a lam including a hanging frame 10 provided at its lower central portion with a flattened Section 11, and downwardly along one side of the hanging frame 10 is tended a gasolene feed pipe 12. My improvements contemplate the use of an u right tubular gas feeding member 13 havinga of laterally projecting op'p'of sitel y disposed side cars 14," provided with openings aline'd with openings of the flattoned section 11 ofth'e frame 10, for the reception of e'erews 15 or like fastening mem'bers whefebyto' cletachably connect the gas feeding member 13 upon the frah're 10. By reference to Fig 2 it will be noted that the upper portion 16 of the bore of the tubular member 13' is of less diameter than the lower portion 17 of said borefa valve seat 18- being formed at an" intermediate point; and the lower end of the bore 17 being closed by a threaded plug 19. 4

Sea-ted im a conical cavity at the upper end ofthe upper ortionlt of the bare; is a conical spray plug 20, the" upper outer portion of which shouldered for engagement by a clamping ring 21 threaded upon theupper end orf the member 13', the latter of which is provided at its lower end with a laterally projeictifig nipple 22 commuhicat ing with the bore 17, said hipplebeing also provided with a conical cavity, for the reception' of the conical head 23 and the adjacent endof the gasoleiie feedpipc, held seeurelywithin" the conical cavity by a clamping ring 24 threadedupon the nipple 2Q.

Upwardly through the plug 19 i's'thread'ed a stem having valve 26 adjacent its up: peren dg for engagement with the valve seat 18, and hai in'g an upwardly projecting reduced extension 27 extending upwardly into the upper portion '16 of thebore, with a nee die 28 at its upper extremity adapted for passage through the reduced opening of the spray plug 20 when the valve 26 is moved to closed position against the valve seat 18, the stem 25 being manipulated by means of p a key or other form of handle 29 upon its lower externalend. v -By referring again to Fig. 1, it will be noted that the upper end of the member 13 receives the burner pipe 30, loosely disposed thereon intelescoping relation, and thus wholly supported by themember 13, the burnerpipe 30 having a laterally opening air intake 31 and having depending burner supports 32 for the reception of the usual mantle, extending downwardly alongside of gas takes-place within the member 13,

the latter acting as a generator, and the stem 25 acts both as aregulating valve and as a spray plug cleaner. 1

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the gas feeding member 33 is secured in the same manner as above described, to the flattened vportion 34 of a side wall or other bracket 35, along whichthe gasolene feed pipe 36 extends, the latter being similarly connected to a nipple 37 of the member 33. The burner pipe 30 is of thefsame construction in this figure as in the form shown in Figs. 1 and3, and, in fact, the other forms to be presently described, and is supported and acts in thesame manner.

In the form shownin Fig. 4, however, the

threaded stem'38 acts as a spray plug cleaner alone, a regulating valve 39 being threaded laterally, into the lower portion of the mem ber 33 in this figure, as well as inFigs. 5 and 7, with an inner valve 40 cooperating with a valve seat 41 adjacent the nipple 37 in a plane at one side of the plane of the stem 38,. as clearly seen by reference to Fig. 7. 1 v

-In Fig. 4 the member 33 acts as a genera-1 tor as in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, but in accordance with the form shown in Fig. 5, a

small generator'tube 42 may be utilized with headed conical ends 43 secured to nipples 44 extending laterally from the member 45 at verticallyspaced points, so that the genera tion takes place more particularly in the generator tube-42, gasolene passing thereinto at itslower end and gas passing from its upper end back into the upper portion of the bore of the member 45. c

:The same construction as regards the generator tube 42 of Fig. 5 is present in the form shown in Fig. 6, where the vertical stem 46 has an intermediate valve 47 cooperating with a valve seat 48, in addition the gasolene feed pipe52, is otherwise the same as described in connection with Fig. 5, and is to besecured upon the flattened portion ofeither a hanging frame,- as in Fig. 1, or a bracket as in Fig. 4, thesameas the corresponding gas member in. the several otherfigures.

It isobviousthat, in this way, I provide an arrangement. including a minimum number of parts, particularly in connection with themost simple of the forms, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, wherein the gas feeding member may be readily and quickly detached as well fromthesupporting frame as all the other parts, in order that repair thereof, or substitution ofeither one of its parts, for instance the spray plug 20, or substitution of an entirely new. gas feeding member, may be readily and quickly elfected without the use of special tools for the pur pose or without requiring especial skill in the operation. r a i Iclaim: i

1. In a gasolene lamp, the combination of a support having a seatportionand a gasolene feed pipe, a gas feeding member to which the feed pipe is connected extending above the seat portion of the support and having lower external connecting means detachably secured to the said seat portion of the support, a regulating valve within said member, and a burner pipe removably disposed and supported upon the gas feeding member and into which the upper end of the latter opens, said burner pipe'having depending-burner supports extending along: side tliegas feeding member, for thepurpose described. 1 i

2. In a gasolene lamp, the combination with a supporthaving a flattened portion and a-gasolene feed pipe, of an upright tubular gas feeding memberto which the feed pipe isconnected, having lower external side lugs, fastening means detachably connecting said lugs to the said' flattened portionof the support, and a burner pipe disposed on and supported by the upper end of said member and having burner supports depending alongside the said member.- y

3. In a gasolene lamp, the combination with a support and a gasolene feed pipe. of a tubular upright gas feeding member to which the gasolenefeed pipe is detachably connected, means for detachably connecting the aid uprightmember to the said. s pp a generator tube carried by the said member and communicating at its opposite ends with the bore of said member at vertically spaced points, and a burner pipe-detachably supported upon the upper end of said member and having burner supports depending alongside the said member. v

4. In a gasolene lamp, the combination With a support, and a gasolene feed pipe, of a gas feeding member detachably connected to the support and to which the pipe is attached, said member having 1aterally projecting nipples at vertically spaced points, a generator tube supported by the said member and connected at its opposite Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

